It's simply that you do not know that he is not -- you not being a mind-reader and all -- so rather than portraying the SyFy Channel's statement as capitulation to the dread forces of political correctness, you might equally well assume that SyFy is offering up its alliegance to the Elders of Sodom of its own free will.

I'm neither a mental-health professional nor a mind-reader, but standing on someone's front stoop, looking into his eyes when he declares himself undecided, it's pretty clear if that's actually code for "I'm not voting for the black guy."